"Ow, ow, ow, ow." Said Trenza with every step she took as she followed behind Diddy while her hair, which was usually braided, looked like a fried mess.
"That's what you get for not listening to my words." Replied Diddy with a smirk as he glanced at Trenza, who would occasionally twitch from the leftover electricity in her body.
"Tsk, I was merely trying to show my gratitude, yet you electrocuted me, you crazy Captain!" Stated Trenza in anger as she pointed Sunaipu at Diddy and unloaded several bullets into him, though he easily dodged each one.
"Yeah, and it was enjoyable watching you spazz uncontrollably on the ground; who knew electrocuting people was such a hilarious thing?" Remarked Diddy with a grin as he pointed at a random man who happened to be exiting an alley and launched a weak lightning bolt at him, causing him to collapse to the floor while convulsing like crazy.
"Hehe, see, isn't it hilarious?" Asked Diddy with a slight chuckle as he pointed at the man from afar, prompting Trenza to watch and nearly laugh.
"Hmph, okay, I admit; it's kind of funny, but only when you use it on someone other than me; otherwise, it's just rude." Said Trenza with a smile as she suppressed her laughter before folding her arms and looking at Diddy.
Chuckling at Trenza's remark, we quickly left the convulsing man to himself as we headed deeper into the city, to the downtown area, you could say, which happened to be much more bustling than the outskirts and filled with both men and women alike, though I suppose that only makes sense considering the red light district is in the outskirts. Walking around, we noticed a much more abundant amount of marines than on the outskirts, but that was understandable; after all, this was where most of the citizens converged.
While walking around, I was surprised to note that while a lot of the marines gave us threatening looks, some even following us, none of them made a single move; I couldn't tell if it was because they were waiting for reinforcements or they were simply making sure we didn't harm any civilians, but they didn't bother us, well, that was until we happened to encounter a higher ranking officer than those soldiers.
"Oh, an Ice cream stand! Captain, do you want some ice cream?" Asked Trenza in slight glee when she noticed an ice cream stand, which had a surprisingly short line.
'The 1500's have ice cream? I'm no historian, but this doesn't really seem accurate; whatever, this place is far different from Earth.' Thought Diddy, slightly surprised by the existence of ice cream so early, though he didn't bother questioning it any further.
"Sure, why not? I'm curious if the ice cream of this world is any good." Replied Diddy as he shrugged his arms and approached the ice cream standing, Trenza following him while they ignored the small line and walked directly to the front.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah; don't care what you have to say, just give us some ice cream before I get physical." Said Diddy as he stood opposite the owner of the ice cream stand while tapping his sharp nails on the stand.
Shutting the man down before he could speak, Trenza and I waited for our ice cream, but while doing so, I felt someone grab my shoulder, causing me to growl, and I didn't even bother turning around to look as I swatted my hand behind me, hitting the person who had grabbed me. However, to my astonishment, my hand, which should've sent the person flying away, went right through their body as if they were intangible, causing me to quickly retract my hand and turn around, only for me to come eye-to-eye with what looked to be a marine Captain.
'What the?' Thought Diddy with widened eyes as he looked at where he smacked the Marine Captain, only to see a gaping hole closing rapidly.
"So we finally meet, Chaos Kong." Said the marine captain in a deep voice, who looked to be your average middle-aged man with an average build, appearance, beard, and black hair.
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"Do I know you or something? Also, why do you sound like the final boss in a video game?" Questioned Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he ignored the closing gap in the middle of his body and looked at the man.
"Video Game? Anyways, no, you don't know me, but I'm Jin; also, I'm the commanding officer in charge of protecting Chandelier City and limiting the amount pirates that enter Paradise. Since Chandelier City is the last island before the entrance to Paradise, it's commonly used by pirates as a place to restock supplies before continuing to the Grand Line; it's also-" Stated Jin as he began a long speech about his duties to Diddy, who had long since stopped listening once Trenza had handed him his Ice cream.
"I can't lie; the alcohol may be subpar, but the ice cream is phenomenal. Maybe I should kidnap and force him to make ice cream for us?" Remarked Diddy with a satisfied expression while licking his two scoops of ice cream, which were vanilla and chocolate, before glancing at Trenza.
"Yes, I'm not a huge fan of alcohol either, but I'm always down for ice cream, and your idea isn't bad, Captain. Also, that marine is angrily looking at you." Said Trenza with a delightful smile as he eagerly licked her ice cream, which consisted of a whopping eight scoops: chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, chocolate chip cookie dough, cookies n' cream, and lastly, rocky road.
Nodding at Trenza, I looked back at the man, whatever he was called, and just like she said, he indeed looked somewhat irritated, though I didn't care. Besides the intense smell of alcohol coming off of him, I could also smell a scent similar to Sebas and Freyja, meaning he's eaten a devil fruit, which wasn't surprising considering how my hand went right through him like he was water and while in most cases I'd be eager to fight him, I wasn't. Well, maybe a little, but after my intense battle against Lindbergh and nearly dying, I wasn't as hungry for a fight; the battle on Centaurea had satisfied me, and even after roughly two weeks, I was still feeling relatively good.
'Though I won't lie, his devil fruit ability looks very intriguing; alright, he's won me over.' Mused Diddy as he observed Jin before suddenly pointing his finger at him, firing several finger-sized projectiles of compressed air, though the attacks went right through his body, forming several small holes that quickly closed.
"Such rudeness! You pirates don't ever have the decency to show common courtesy, just doing as you please, without a care in the world; infuriating!" Stated Jin in anger as he pointed at Diddy, seemingly trying to lecture him, though just like previously, he ignored it.
"Is all you do talk? Aren't you a Marine Officer? Fight me, or at least do something." Questioned Diddy with little enthusiasm as he eyed Jin while continuously firing shigans at him, periodically licking his ice cream in hand.
"Hmph, fine, since you asked for it, Chaos Kong, I'll discipline you with my fists; prepare to be shown the correct path of justice that I'll instill into you-" Declared Jin with a fiery passion as he raised his fist into the air, though when he turned to look back at Diddy, he was walking away with Trenza.
"Hey! W-Where are you two going?" Yelled Jin as he ran after Diddy and Trenza.
"Leaving. You talk too much; fighting should have minimal conversations, yet you're giving entire lectures that have dissipated any desire I had to fight you." Stated Diddy as he glanced at Jin with an annoyed expression before ignoring him.
"L-Look, you don't need to leave, I-I'll fight, okay." Said Jin anxiously as he punched Diddy, his arm extending and turning into a clear, water-like substance, though just before he hit Diddy, he leaned forward, dodging it.
'Hmm, I wonder if this is the Logia Devil fruit Sebas told me about before? I couldn't touch him so that checks out, but why does he smell like alcohol?' Pondered Diddy curiously as he looked at the enlarged and lengthened water-like fist that retracted back to Jin's body.
"No, I've already lost my desire to fight you; if you want to fight someone, go find my other crewmates, Sebas or Freyja." Replied Diddy as he stood up straight and continued walking away while Trenza silently enjoyed her eight-scoop ice cream.
Unfortunately for me, Jin ignored me and continued to punch and kick me, though his attacks were generic and predictable, which made it easy to evade them, though it was starting to get annoying. I would've enjoyed this battle, but I just had a feeling the moment I begin actually fighting back, he'll start talking again.
"Urhg, can you stop!" Yelled Diddy angrily as he turned around and fired a bolt of lightning toward Jin, who wasn't able to dodge in time, and to his surprise, actually hit him instead of passing right through him.
Seeing Jin get fried by my lightning bolt, I was pretty surprised as I didn't think it would hit him, but when I thought about it, it might make sense. Still, what wasn't surprising was that he was getting absolutely fried since I had learned his body was composed of alcohol, which is highly flammable.
Once the lightning dissipated, all that remained was an unconscious Jin devoid of any clothes as he collapsed onto the ground while smoke or, I should say, steam emitted off his body.
"Finally, he was getting annoying; anyways, let's go, Trenza." Said Diddy as he glanced at Jin before ignoring him, the two exiting from downtown.